Broadcasting signal receiving system

Abstract

When a face image can not detected by an individual authentication unit from an image photographed by a camera unit for a predetermined time or more, a control unit records a recording position of a corresponding time, and makes a receiving program continuously recorded by a recording reproducing unit in a common recording state in which a time shift function becomes invalid such that the face image is detected again by the individual authentication unit from the image photographed from the camera unit. When it is determined that a detected person is the same person as a first person based on a recognition result on the basis of features of the face image, the control unit makes a recorded program return to the recorded position so as to be reproduced while maintaining the common recording state.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is based on and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-017513, filed on Jan. 25, 2005; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a broadcasting signal receiving system having an automatic recording function in which a viewer can watch a program while simultaneously recording the program, that is, a so-called time shift function. More specifically, the present invention relates to a broadcasting signal receiving system that is capable of allowing a viewer to view a missed program by a detection technology that detects whether the viewer is present or seeping. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] In recent television receivers, each television receiver has a built-in hard disk (HD) serving as a recording medium and a time shift function that ca...

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[0022] According to the third-aspect, when it is determined by the opened / closed state determining unit that the eyes are closed for a predetermined time or more, the recording reproducing control unit records a recording position of a corresponding time, and makes a receiving program continuously recorded by the recording reproducing unit in the common recording state. In addition, when it is determined by the opened / closed state determining unit that the eyes are opened again and it is determined that the detected person is the same person as the first person based on the recognized result by the recognition unit, the recording reproducing control unit makes the recorded program return to the recording position so as to be reproduced. That is, when the viewer is sleeping, the program is continually recorded, and when the viewer is wake up, the recorded program returns to the recording position. Therefore, the viewer can make scenes missed when the viewer is sleeping reproduced so as to view the missed scenes.

[0023] In this case, when it is determined by the opened / closed state determining unit that the eyes are closed for a predetermined time or more, the recording reproducing control unit changes an operation mode of the broadcasting signal receiving system from a common mode to a power saving mode at a corresponding time, and when it is determined by the opened / closed state determining unit that the eyes are opened again, the recording reproducing control unit makes an operation mode of the broadcasting signal receiving system return to the common mode from the power saving mode at a corresponding time. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the unnecessary power consumption.

[0024] According to the above-aspect, the broadcasting signal receiving system may further include a notification unit that notifies the viewer that automatic recording is being recorded, when it is determined that the eyes are opened again by the opened / closed state determining unit and it is recognized that the detected person is different from the first person based on the recognition result by the recognition unit in a common recording state in which the simple recording function becomes invalid. By adopting this structure, careless operation by a different person, that is, operation such as stopping automatic recording can be prevented in advance. For example, when another viewer comes in front of the television in a state in which the first viewer falls fast asleep, the above-mentioned situation is generated. However, according to this aspect, the careless operation by another viewer can be prevented in advance.

[0025] According to the above-aspect, in a common recording state in which the simple recording function becomes invalid, when it is determined by the opened / closed state determining unit that the eyes are opened again and it is determined that the detected person is different from the first person based on the recognition result of the recognition unit, the recording reproducing control unit makes operation input by the different person invalid and displays a warning message indicating that the input is invalid on a screen while maintaining the common recording state. By adopting this structure, careless operation by a different person, that is, operation such as stopping automatic recording can be prevented in advance.

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Therefore, it is not possible to differentiate between each individual person having different personal characteristics.

Therefore, since all the missed scenes cannot be reproduced, the father may feel confusion.

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